The Newsboy Partners: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Newsboy Partners, credited to Frank V. Webster, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Newsboy Partners by Frank V. Webster. Read in English by Anthony St. Pierre. A young lad selling newspapers on the streets of New York City chances upon another boy who has lost his identity and has no clue where he comes from or how he ended up in New York. But the pair form a successful partnership selling newspapers. Eventually, the "mystery boy" is re-united with his parents, leaving his partner the proprietor of a flourishing newsstand. - Summary by Anthony St. Pierre

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Newsboy Partners
• Author credits: Frank V. Webster
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 25
• Listed recording duration: 4:10:53

Catalogue topics

• story of the 'horatio alger' genre

Opening tracks: first 24 of 25

1. 01 - Jimmy is in Luck — 13:23
2. 02 - Jimmy is Out of Luck — 12:43
3. 03 - A Box for a Bed — 7:53
4. 04 - The New Boy — 7:35
5. 05 - Dick's New Name — 11:15
6. 06 - Jimmy Acts as Nurse — 9:20
7. 07 - Jimmy Considers Matters — 10:12
8. 08 - Dim Recollections — 11:06
9. 09 - The Newsboy Partners — 8:06
10. 10 - An Encounter With Conroy — 9:34
11. 11 - Planning a Trick — 6:28
12. 12 - Dick Becomes a Teacher — 8:12
13. 13 - Bulldog Questions Dick — 8:35
14. 14 - Jimmy's Further Progress — 9:36
15. 15 - Pitching Pennies — 9:25
16. 16 - The Doctor's Verdict — 10:03
17. 17 - An Offer of a Stand — 5:37
18. 18 - Bulldog Threatens Dick — 9:53
19. 19 - Jimmy to the Rescue — 8:22
20. 20 - Dick is Ill — 19:42
21. 21 - Jimmy in Trouble — 7:37
22. 22 - Mr Crosscrab is Robbed — 10:34
23. 23 - Back at Business — 12:42
24. 24 - Mr Crosscrab's Visit — 14:39

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